Although we humans have changed our environment in many ways during the past few thousand years, we are still changed by ...

The real revolution came in 2012, when researchers Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier harnessed CRISPR, a natural bacterial defense system. In bacteria, CRISPR cuts out invading viruses’ DNA ...

A single multipurpose gene-editing tool can correct several genetic conditions by restoring proteins that have been truncated ...

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Instead of requiring personalized gene edits for each patient, the new approach could create a standardized method to use for ...

M OST STORIES about gene-edited children begin with He Jiankui, a rogue Chinese scientist who, in 2018, announced that he had ...

Scientists at Georgia State University have used CRISPR gene editing to restore an ancient enzyme humans lost millions of years ago potentially reversing the buildup of uric acid that causes gout.

A new study reversed transplant rejection twice, uncovering the reasons for transplant rejection on a cellular level ...

Reintroduction of the Cyclin A2 gene enables adult human cardiomyocytes to divide, producing functional daughter cells and promoting heart repair. The therapy uses a replication-deficient adenoviral ...

Why do no two human faces look quite the same? Although we all follow the same biological blueprint, our features—the curve ...

Researchers at the Eye Genetics Research Unit at Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) are the first in the world to ...

Ancient bones pulled from the soil of central South America are rewriting what I thought I knew about the peopling of the ...